Overview

• Apple TV+ officially greenlit Season Seven on July 8, 2025, to adapt Mick Herron’s novel Bad Actors into six episodes.
• Ben Vanstone will serve as showrunner alongside director Robert McKillop, with Gary Oldman confirmed to return as MI5 agent Jackson Lamb.
• Season Five is scheduled to premiere on September 24–25, 2025, after Season Six, based on Joe Country and Slough House, wrapped filming by mid-2025.
• Herron’s ninth Slough House novel, Clown Town, exploring a Troubles-era intelligence operation, will be published on September 11, 2025.
• Since 2022, the series has sustained critical acclaim with Emmy and BAFTA nods, including a win for Outstanding Writing, and multiple seasons have achieved 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.